The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged money laundering involving $2.33 million.
Bodejo appeared before Justice Inyang Ekwo on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged violations of the Money Laundering Act.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly received large sums of cash from a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, without routing the transactions through financial institutions as required by law.
One of the charges alleged that Bodejo received $100,000 in cash on January 11, 2022, while another count accused him of accepting $980,000 in physical currency on February 7, 2024.
The anti-graft agency maintained that the transactions contravened provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act.
Bodejo pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Following his plea, the prosecution requested that he be remanded pending trial, while the defence applied for bail.
The EFCC opposed the bail application, arguing that the defendant could interfere with witnesses and may constitute a flight risk.
Justice Ekwo subsequently ordered that Bodejo be remanded in the EFCC holding facility and adjourned the case until July 20, 2026, for ruling on the bail application.
